Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century Act (MAP-21) And Beyond Janet Oakley Director of Director of American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
MAP-21Key highlights Funding Program Reforms program consolidation, performance and accountability, project delivery Historic Preservation Funding and Collaboration Opportunities The Future for the Federal-Aid Surface Transportation Program
America responds to Surface Transportation needs Strong bipartisan support for passage in Congress House 372-52; Senate 74-19 Program Reforms Funding Program consolidation Performance and Accountability Accelerating Project Delivery
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
Funding authorization = $105 billion for FY 2013 and FY 2014 Extends the HTF and tax collections through FY 2016 Guarantees 95% return to the States on Highway Trust Fund contributions More than 92% of the highway title is apportioned to core highway programs Maintains transit-highway program split
Billions of dollars Highways Research Safety Transit Total FFY 2013 40.568 0.400 1.231 10.578 52.777 FFY 2014 40.625 0.400 1.252 10.695 52.972 Total 81.193 0.800 2.483 21.273 105.749 6
HIGHWAY FORMULA PROGRAM Source: Transportation Weekly
MAP 21 Selected Highway Program Authorizations FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2013 $ FY 2014 $ 2-year Total $ Federal-Aid Highway Core Programs 37, 476,819,674 37,798,000,000 75,274,819,674 National Highway Performance Program 21, 751,779,050 21,935,691,598 43,687,470,648 Surface Transportation Program 10,005,135,419 10,089,729,416 20,094,864,835 Highway Safety Improvement Program 2,390,305,390 2,410,515,560 4,800,820,950 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality 2,209,172,618 2,227,860,477 4,437,033,095 Metropolitan Planning 311,667,197 314,302,948 625,970,145 Transportation Alternative 808,760,000 819,900,000 1,628,660,000 TIFIA 750,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,750,000,000 Projects of National and Regional Significance 500,000,000 0 500,000,000 (GF Authorization) Research 400,000,000 400,000,000 800,000,000 TOTAL Highway Program Funding 40,968,000,000 41,025,000,000 81,993,000,000 Authorizations TOTAL Highway Program Obligation Limitation 39,699,000,000 40,256,000,000 79,955,000,000
MAP 21 Selected Transit Program Authorizations FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2013 $ FY 2014 $ 2-year Total $ Transit Formula and Bus Grants 8,478,000,000 8,595,000,000 17,073,000,000 Planning program 126,900,000 128,800,000 255,700,000 Metropolitan Planning 10,000,000 10,000,000 20,000,000 Urbanized Area Formula Grants 4,397,950,000 4,458,650,000 8,856,600,000 Elderly and Disabled Formula Grants 254,800,000 258,300,000 513,100,000 Rural Area Formula Grants 599,500,000 607,800,000 1,207,300,000 Bus Testing Facility 3,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 National Transit Institute 5,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 National Transit Database 3,850,000 3,850,000 7,700,000 State of Good Repair Formula Grants 2,136,300,000 2,165,900,000 4,302,200,000 Buses and Bus Facilities 422,000,000 427,800,000 849,800,000 Fast Growth/High Density Formula Grants 518,700,000 525,900,000 1,044,600,000 Capital Investment Grants (GF 1,907,000,000 1,907,000,000 3,814,000,000 Authorization) TOTAL Transit Funding Authorizations 10,584,000,000 10,701,000,000 21,285,000,000
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
Consolidates more than100 categorical programs by two-thirds Creates two new core programs through consolidation National Highway Performance Program Transportation Alternatives Focuses new attention on freight National freight policy and goals National freight plan National freight network Consolidates and formularizes transit programs
Combines the TE, Safe Routes, Rec Trails and Scenic Byways 2% set aside of the core highway programs SAFETEA LU average annual funding for TE, Safe Routes to School and Rec Trails = $854 million MAP 21 average annual funding for TAP = $814 million 50% of TA funds are suballocated based on relative share of population to MPOs > 200,000 and other areas < population Funds distributed through competitive grants State DOTs are not eligible recipients
Historic preservation, rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures and facilities Archaeological activities related to transportation projects
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
Seven national goal areas safety, infrastructure condition, congestion, system reliability, freight movement and economic vitality, environmental sustainability, reduced project delays USDOT will establish measures in consultation with State DOTs, MPOs and other stakeholder States, MPO and transit operators will set targets for each measure, incorporate in plans and programs and report progress
NHS Measures for pavement condition and performance of the IS and NHS Measures for NHS bridge condition Minimum Levels for IS pavement condition Highway safety - Serious Injuries and Fatalities CMAQ - Traffic Congestion and Mobile Source Emissions Freight - Measures to assess freight movement on the IS Transit Safety and State of Good Repair Measures
Performance measures must be incorporated into long-range planning and short-term programming processes. Long range plans, TIPs and STIPs must show the progress that is expected to be achieved by planned decisions and investments USDOT will evaluate the appropriateness of state targets and the progress that the state is making in achieving performance targets. States and MPO plans will include performance reports that described the progress made toward achieving performance targets.
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
Expanded flexibility to undertake activities prior to completion of NEPA New categorical exclusions for emergency projects, projects within the ROW, small projects and certain multimodal projects Expanded delegation Support for Programmatic Approaches Further Process Reforms issue elevation, resource agency deadlines, 150 day statute of limitations, combined FEIS and ROD
Transportation provides the largest single source of funding to support historic preservation efforts. State-only transportation programs and funding Federal Planning and Research Programs State Planning & Research Funds NCHRP Funding 8-36 Standing Committee on Planning 25-25 Standing Committee on Environment Transportation Alternatives Program National Highway Performance Program
Pedestrian Streetscapes $658,000,000 / 6.3% Billboard Removal $40,000,000 / 0.4% Landscaping and Scenic Beautification $1,281,000,000 / 12.3% Env. Mitigation $120,000,000 / 1.2% Rail-Trails $720,000,000 / 6.9% Bike/Ped Facilities $5,231,000,000 / 50.4% Transportation Museums $153,000,000 / 1.5% Archaeological Planning/research $53,000,000 / 0.5% Scenic/Historical Highway Programs $570,000,000 / 5.5% Rehab. Hist. Transp. Facilities $931,000,000 / 9.0% Historic Preservation $365,000,000 / 3.5% Bike/Ped Safety Ed. $36,000,000 / 0.3% Acquisition of Scenic/Historic Easements $223,000,000 / 2.1%
Funding Level SAFETEA LU average annual funding for TE, Safe Routes to School and Rec Trails = $854 million MAP 21 average annual funding for TAP = $814 million Changes to eligibility including the ability to fund certain road projects Archaeological activities limited to use in conjunction with projects not planning and research States ability to transfer funds from the program
Restoration & Rehab. 18% Relocation 1% Reconstruction 49% New Route 11% Resurfacing 27%
California and Ohio Planning and Databases Indiana Historic Bridges Programmatic Agreement Minnesota and North Carolina - Archaeological Predictive Models Oregon Collaborative Environmental and Transportation Agreement for Streamlining * NCHRP 25-25 Report by SRI Foundation for Cambridge Systematics, Inc. and TRB on behalf of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Environment
Leadership Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration Funding Technology Organizational changes Spin-Offs *NCHRP 25-25 Report by SRI Foundation for Cambridge Systematics, Inc. and TRB on behalf of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Environment
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND PROJECTIONS Based on CBO Score of MAP-21 (June 2012) Highway Account Fiscal Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Beginning-of-year Balance $14 $8 $4 $4 -$6 -$15 -$24 -$33 -$42 -$52 -$62 Revenues and Interest $33 $33 $33 $34 $35 $36 $36 $36 $36 $37 $37 Intragovernmental Transfers $2 $6 $10 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Outlays $42 $43 $44 $44 $44 $45 $45 $46 $46 $47 $47 End-of-year Balance $8 $4 $4 -$6 -$15 -$24 -$33 -$42 -$52 -$62 -$72 Mass Transit Account Fiscal Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Beginning-of-year Balance $7 $5 $5 $1 -$3 -$7 -$12 -$16 -$20 -$24 -$29 Revenues and Interest $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 Intragovernmental Transfers $0 $0 $2 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Outlays $7 $8 $8 $9 $10 $10 $10 $9 $9 $10 $10 End-of-year Balance $5 $5 $1 -$3 -$7 -$12 -$16 -$20 -$24 -$29 -$33 TOTAL HTF BALANCE $13 $9 $5 -$9 -$22 -$36 -$49 -$62 -$76 -$91 -$105
($ billions) 45 40 35 Estimation of Federal Highway and Transit Obligations Through 2022 $40.7 $41.2 $40.8 Based on MAP-21; Assuming "minimum prudent balance" of $4 billion in Highway Account and $1 billion in Mass Transit Account; Assumes historical General Fund appropriations for transit. Federal-aid Highway Highway Safety Transit $38.9 $39.4 $40.0 $34.7 $35.4 $36.1 $36.8 $37.5 $38.3 $39.1 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 $11.9 $11.3 $11.6 $11.7 $11.8 $9.4 $4.2 $8.6 $9.2 $9.3 $9.5 $9.6 $1.3 $6.3 $6.4 $3.5 $1.3 $1.3 $1.3 $1.2 $1.2 $1.3 $1.3 $1.3 $1.3 $1.4 $1.4 $1.4 $1.4 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
The gas tax has served us well! The gas tax is declining due to VMT flattening and economic issues as well as fuel efficiency In the short run we will need to rely on gas tax Subsets such as indexing have value but are limited Many options but most have shortcomings
Two-year bill with a reform platform national focus, program consolidation, performance and accountability, streamlined project delivery Remain at a stand-off on future federal funding, roles and responsibilities States and their local partners are moving forward to meet passenger and freight mobility needs but as a nation we are still falling behind Continued opportunities for collaboration
Janet Oakley AASHTO Director of Policy & Government Relations joakley@aashto.org (202)624-3698